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> Most researchers agree that consciousness is somehow related to the electrical activity of brains. Some go further and propose that brains’ electromagnetic fi
by trashtensor 3y ago
> Most researchers agree that consciousness is somehow related to the
electrical activity of brains. Some go further and propose that brains’
electromagnetic fields actually are conscious.
I am not knowledgeable at all here so I'm just going to talk out of my butt for a second but this seems testable. Does disrupting the electromagnetic fields in the brain disrupt consciousness?
- odyssey7 3y agoI like the angle and skepticism, but the experiment would still need to overcome the challenge that the philosophically rigorous way to confirm a consciousness is to be that consciousness.
- ComplexSystems 3y agoYes - isn't that what anesthesia does?
- strogonoff 3y ago> Does disrupting the electromagnetic fields in the brain disrupt consciousness? Or, is consciousness A interacting with consciousness B in a certain way observed by both as “disrupting electromagnetic fields in the brain”? That is to say: the experiment does not demonstrate causal directionality.
- lukan 3y agoWell, if you disrupt it enough, to produce a current in the brain, you surely get an effect. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transcranial_magnetic_stimulation https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transcranial_magnetic_stimul...
- carlosjobim 3y agoElectrical shocks have been used for a long time and are still used to treat mental illness. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electroconvulsive_therapy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electroconvulsive_therapy
- x86x87 3y agoMost researchers cannot agree on what consciousness is. If we cannot even get a straight, agreed upon answer on what consciousness is how can we actually make these sorts of claims?